Railway portable couch.



l1E. BERLIHGER.

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Patnted Apr. 13, 1909.

WITNESSES W., M m E nl mi. Il lullin.

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[CLICK BERLINGER, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

RAILWAY PORTABLE COUCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 13, 1909.

Application filed May 11, 1908. Serial No. 432,028.

To all 'whom t Amay concern."

Bc it known that l, Enron Bnunmouu, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Intanhattan. in thecounty and State of Kew York, have, invented a new and Improved Railwaylortable Couch, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to couches, and more particularly couches of suchtype as to be readily carried around by hand and useful to passengersupon railways, as a means for enabling a traveler to recline whileaboard a car.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specilication, in which similar' characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures. n

Figure 1 is a side elevation partly broken away and slunving my improvedcouch connected with an .ordinary car seat ot' the kind used uponpassenger coaches, the couch being in proper position to enable thepassenger to recline upon it; Fig. 2 is a reduced plan view ot' theconch complete and ready for use; Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing thetwo parts of the couch as laid one upon the other, so as to be readilycarried or used for any other` purpose than for enabling the passengerto reeline, and Fig. 4 is a detail showing one ot' the side plates andone of the bolts slidable relatively thereto.

Two cushions 4 5 are rovided res ectively with wooden frames 6, 7, andvmounted upon the frame G arc feet S upon which the couch partiallyrests, as will be understood from Fig. 1. The frame 7 is provided withhooksy 9 for partially supporting the end of the couch opposite the feet8. The frames G, 7 are provided with sida plates 10, 11, said plateshaving eyes 12, 13 secured thereto. Bolts 14, each provided with a head15 and with an aperture 15a, are slidably mounted in the eyes 12 andmovable cndwise in the general longitudinal direction of the frame 6.lins 16 pass directly through the bolts 14, which are provided with theapertures 15n for this purpose. The side. plates 10` 11 are providedwith apertures 16, 1G* for receiving the pins t6. The plates 10, 11 aresecured to the Erames 6', 7 by screws 17, 18. Y

The plus 16 are used for two purposes, iu-

dicated respectively in Figs. 2 and Then the. bolts 14 are in theposition indicated in Fig. L. the pins 1G extend through the bolts andthrough .the side plates 11. When, however, the bolts 14 are withdrawn,as indicated in F ig. 3, so as to disconnect the cushions, the pins 1Gextend through the ybolts 14 and through the side plates l0. In thisway, the. pins 1G are prevented from hanging down or getting in the way,and vet are at all times handy for the purpose ot' connect-- ing thecushions together. 'l`he plus 1G are carried by chains 1S), these chainsbeing connected to the outer eyes 1Q. The car seats are shown at 20,9.1, and are provided rearwardly at their bottoms with loot railings 22.

My invention is used as follows: The traveler places the cushions 4, 5end to end, withdraws the pins 16, and grasping the heads 15 pushes thebolts 14 endwise so that they pass into the eyes 13. The passenger nextplaces the pins 1G in the position indicated in F ig. 2, so that theyextend through the bolts 14 and also through the side plates 11. ',lhetwo cushions 4 and 5 are now held rigidly together, and togetherconstitute a conc i, as will be understood from Fig. 1. The passengernext places the couch in the position indicated in Fig. 1, so that thehooks 9 engage the back ot one car scat and the feet 8 extend beneaththe rear of the next car seat forward. The passenger may now reclineupon the couch thus constituted, resting his feet, it' need be, upon thefoot rail .22 of thc scat 20.

lVhcn the couch is not in use it may be taken apart and the two cushionsplaced together, as indicated in Fig. 3. These two cushions may be usedindependently or together for many purposes. For instance, they may belaid upon one of the seats 20, 2l and employed as a pillow.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

'The combination of a cushion provided with a convex surface. andfurther provided with hooks for engaging a ear seat, a second cushionprovided with a concave surface and further' provided with feet forresting upon a floor, and mechanism including sliding bolts forconnecting said cushions together end to end so as to prevent thebending of said cushions relatively to cach' other in either direction,and to hold the convex slu'- I In testimony whereof I have signed myface of said first-mentioned cushion and the namcto this specificationin the presence of concave surface of said second-mentioned twosubscribing witnesses.

cushion practically in alinement, thereby ELICK BERLXGER. f forming ucontinuous member one end of which presenis :t concave surface and theother end of which presents :1 convex surface.

Witnesses EVERARD B. MARSHALL, WAL'mN HmmsoN.

